Glide Reflection is not a rotation!
- Topic:
- Reflection
People are sometimes misled and think that a glide-reflection is the same as a rotation. IT IS NOT!
First click the show 180 rotation button and watch what happens to the image.
Then click the show translation button and watch what happens to the image.
Explain (based of the lettering in the figure) of why a rotation and a glide reflection cannot be the same thing.